“A NEW UNFOLDING”Earlier this year, ROME made a stylistic detour towards spiritually tinted, doomy, idiosyncratic avant-garde folk with their latest full-length ‘Hall Of Thatch’. However, listeners should expect yet another stylistic turnaround from mastermind Jérôme Reuter within the year. The Luxembourgish songwriter’s love for experimentation has not diminished, on the contrary, and thus he does not shy away from taking bold steps backwards either: from no-wave folk and chanson back to his own neofolk past. Longtime fans will be glad to learn of this transition. However, ROME also show a side of dark folk which, due to its seductive straightforwardness, showcases a new and surprising element as well. ‘Who Only Europe Know’ captivates with its simple, even monotonous arrangement, driven by repetitive machine samples and acoustic guitars.

Once again, Reuter has taken the fate of Europe as the thematic focus of his work, although with a new, energetic despair and, yes… anger. Against a backdrop of guitars and howling machines, Reuter deploys his powerful, enraged voice to sing of Europe’s precarious situation. The B-side of this strictly limited 7" single calms the nerves somewhat by serving up tranquil piano collages and spoken words. This teaser release proves yet again that ROME are not afraid to tackle difficult issues. ‘Who Only Europe Know’ is a bombshell of a song; captivating yet disturbing and announcing a highly promising album." http://www.trisol.de/en/news/661-rome-europe-en.html

"One Lion"s Roar" is a proud, vitalistic outsider anthem, if there ever was one. Ultimately, the artistic reconciliation of all contradictions is alien to ROME mastermind Jérôme Reuter"s artistic outlook: on the contrary, he seeks the noisy impact and confrontational juxtaposition to draw creative energy from the rupture of things. As is the case with the duality extolled in this song. Anyone who grows up within an alien pack develops, or so it seems, a fundamental scepticism towards solidarity.

And far removed from these frictions, the lion - the band"s emblem and patron saint - sits enthroned above all. In the Roman Mithras cult, the lion symbolises the sun itself. Thus Hercules" defeat of the lion is intended to express the superiority of the human spirit over animal nature. With ROME, the lion is the loyal dissident and proud outsider, yet fierce defender of what is his own.

With "One Lion"s Roar", ROME deliver a real singalong hit reminiscent of classics such as "One Fire" or "Swords To Rust", and thus considerably shorten the wait for the new album, "Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro". Keen concertgoers will already have noticed that the band have been performing this instant classic live a number of times and that other tracks from the new album have been gradually incorporated into the new live set.

The B-side of this 7" is a live version of ROME"s George/Stauffenberg themed anthem "The Secret Germany", the original version of which appeared on 2016"s "The Hyperion Machine"."